I know that you'll oppose the House version of the USA PATRIOT Act
reauthorisation in the upcoming conference, and I thank you also for your
co-sponsorship and continuing support for the Security and Freedom Ensured
(SAFE) Act, which would take appropriate steps to reform the USA PATRIOT Act.

The Bush government have maintained that the furore over the USA PATRIOT
Act's provision for warrantless access to library records ought to be a
non-issue since this power is little used.  This past week, however, it has
been revealed that a member of the American Library Association is engaged in
a legal battle with the FBI over just such National Security Letter access to
its records.  This development is made even more distressing by the fact that
all substantive discussion of the case has been prevented by a gag order.
Given these Orwellian events, I hope that we can all redouble our efforts
to oppose the USA PATRIOT Act.

Again, I hope that you'll oppose the House version of the USA PATRIOT Act
reauthorisation, and I thank you for your support of the SAFE Act.